by MikeIvy
...visuals. I'd have fewer line breaks to make less choppy. Also you might have described the bag, stag or doe, boar or fox?
I like the "tangle" of dogs, easily visualized.
Tess
but very well written. I like the way you've broken the syntax across lines and snuck in some interesting wordplays, too. Also the poem is full of movement, scent and strong visual though I think the last strophe is least successful with that. You could, for example, revise the last three lines in a way so we hear the ale being poured or the glass slid across a table, something to keep those sense tickling phrases going right to the end of the poem. :-)
A very good poem! Great imagery! I especially liked "legs and teeth before the fire". For some reason it reminded me of Jack London.